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A review by tyler_j
Trans and Autistic: Stories from Life at the Intersection by Bridget Liang, Noah Adams
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4.0
I really did enjoy this book. I'm also autistic and transgender. However I didn't find it perfect. You have 10 autistic and transgender people that were interviewed and asked questions about being autistic and trans. I did like that the authors are also trans and autistic so that helps here and they did mention they made a point of making sure the 10 people were diverse in terms of race and other factors so even though it's a small sample it's at least diverse. What I didn't care for though is that all the interviews are paraphrased rather than being in their own words. Though they did say everyone got to approve their chapters first so that's good at least.
Though why are they paraphrased? I don't get it. Wouldn't it just be best to let them all speak 100% for themselves? And it also got very repetitive with all the "conclusions".
That's why it gets 4 out of 5 because I still really did enjoy this and I learned from it as well, since autistic people aren't a monolith and I learned stuff about being autistic and a person of color that I hadn't thought of because i'm white. It was easy to read. I do find it very valuable and important and do recommend it.
Though why are they paraphrased? I don't get it. Wouldn't it just be best to let them all speak 100% for themselves? And it also got very repetitive with all the "conclusions".
That's why it gets 4 out of 5 because I still really did enjoy this and I learned from it as well, since autistic people aren't a monolith and I learned stuff about being autistic and a person of color that I hadn't thought of because i'm white. It was easy to read. I do find it very valuable and important and do recommend it.